Beer Tools Pro

[drost]

How much is the Strangebrew software. I can't seem to find any reference to price on their webpage.

The Strangebrew version that I have says it's $15 to register. I've also noticed that it hasn't been updated since July, 2004.

I've used it in the past and have been pretty happy with it.

I have played around with QBrew and have noticed that the printing needs some work, and I didn't like the fact that when I added a hop type to the database I had to exit out of the program before my recipe recognized it. All in all, it has potential, though.

 

[Geologist]

How much is the Strangebrew software. I can't seem to find any reference to price on their webpage.

It's shareware. The downloadable is fully functional for 30 days then most of the features are deactivated. It costs $15 canadian for a key to enable it permanently. A one time cost that includes all upgrades and support forever. It has a nice feature of calculating the cost of your beer, total and per bottle. However, the calculation is done in dollars... In Japan I pay for everything in yen. I suggested an option in the user preferences for currency and the author said he'd put it in the next upgrade.

For now it serves my purposes. Later I might consider going back to promash if they add a few more functions/options.

 

[faber]

Exactly what is the BYO promotion? Discount? I am about to buy it.

Type in BYOMA7 as the promo code, and you get it for $21.95. It's from an ad in BYO this month.

 

[Steve973]

hmm...
so many recipes on promash though......will it convert them over?

Yes it will import them.

 

[ECOdork]

I just got BTP. I had only used the demos of Beersmith and Promash.
So far I dig it. I'm looking forward to the proposed ability to upload to the internet Beertools.com website.

I haven't exactly figured out the Hops utilization either. The different methods provide vastly different values. But you can change it to suit your stylee.

I wasn't impressed by Promash's interface....and what turned me off of Beersmith was the apparant lack of updates to ingredient and upgrades. BTP may have its limitations, but the designers are actively working to improve it.

While there is no "demo" if you sign up for Beertools.com (it's free) you can get a very rough feel for what it'll do.

 

[Dude]

Whoa...have you Beertools users seen the BTP wiki yet? Wow...great info there!

Here is the link...I'm going through it right now...

http://www.beertoolspro.com/wiki/?u...edium=constant contact&utm_content=forum link

 

[torpshootr]

Whoa...have you Beertools users seen the BTP wiki yet? Wow...great info there!

I have and its helped me a lot in figuring out how to use the software, which wasn't always intuitively obvious to me. My opinion of BTP is much higher now that I have a much better idea of its features and how to use them.

I hope the amount of info on the wiki keeps growing. There are still a lot of holes.

 

[megavites]

does BTP have a mashing schedule? I don't see it in the Wiki.

 

[attitude]

Yes it will import them.

How do you import recipes from promash to beertools pro? I thought it only imported XML files. I have seen the thread or links on XML files , but have not been able to figure it out . Any help would be appreciated.

 

[mcaple1]

brewtarget.....suck it BTP, PM, BS!!!!